Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
Plan strategies to guide inquiry
Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation
Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project
Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions
Use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
Digital Citizenship Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology
Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity
Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning
Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship
Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
Understand and use technology systems
Select and use applications effectively and productively
North Carolina Essential Standards for Technology and Common Core
There are a variety curricular connections in Geocaching that make it an interdisciplinary actvity that can be adapted to almost any subject area in grades K-12. Many lessons meet the curriculum goals for North Carolina's Essential Standards as well as the Common Core Curriculum.
ISTE Standards
Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
North Carolina Essential Standards for Technology and Common Core
There are a variety curricular connections in Geocaching that make it an interdisciplinary actvity that can be adapted to almost any subject area in grades K-12. Many lessons meet the curriculum goals for North Carolina's Essential Standards as well as the Common Core Curriculum.http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards